Pro IT Consulting

Location

Melbourne & Geelong

Technology Leadership When You Need It Most

Interim CTO and CIO services for organizations facing transition, turmoil, or transformation. Executive capability deployed rapidly to stabilize, recover, and deliver.

When You Need a Virtual Tech Executive

Executive Gap

Your CTO or CIO has departed. The search will take months. Your technology organization can't wait.

Crisis Recovery

A major program is failing. Vendors are behind schedule. Stakeholders have lost confidence. You need someone who can turn it around fast.

M&A Transition

You're acquiring a technology business or being acquired. Due diligence revealed issues. Integration is more complex than anticipated.

Transformation Urgency

Business demands rapid technology change. Your permanent executives are focused on operations. You need dedicated transformation leadership.

Remediation Required

A major failure has occurred. Systems, security, or delivery need urgent remediation. You need someone who's fixed these problems before.

Security Incident

Major security breach or near-miss. Board demanding action. Technology leadership under pressure.

What We Deliver

Rapid Executive Leadership

Within 2 weeks, you have:

  • Acting CTO or CIO in place
  • Situation assessment complete
  • Immediate priorities identified
  • Stakeholder confidence restored
  • Recovery plan in motion

Typical engagement: 10-12 weeks for turnaround situations. Extended if transformation requires it.

Crisis Program Recovery

We step into troubled programs and:

  • Assess what's actually wrong (not what people claim)
  • Stabilize the situation immediately
  • Rebuild stakeholder confidence
  • Fix technical and process issues
  • Deliver critical milestones
  • Transition to permanent leadership

M&A Due Diligence & Integration

Technology assessment for acquisitions:

  • Technical due diligence (architecture, security, debt)
  • Risk identification and quantification
  • Integration complexity assessment
  • Technology team capability evaluation
  • Post-acquisition integration leadership

Technology Transformation Leadership

Drive major technology initiatives:

  • Cloud migration strategy and execution
  • Legacy system modernization
  • Security program transformation
  • DevSecOps implementation
  • Technology team restructuring

Our Experience

E-Commerce Acquisition Due Diligence

GrabOne (NZ) Acquisition

Challenge: Global Marketplace considering acquisition of GrabOne (NZ). Needed rapid technical due diligence to inform transaction.

Our Work: Comprehensive technology stack assessment, platform architecture review, security and compliance evaluation, technical debt quantification, integration complexity analysis.

Outcome: Deal completed. Client had clear understanding of risks and remediation requirements.


Post-Acquisition Platform Integration

E-Commerce Integration

Challenge: Following acquisition, GrabOne platform needed integration with parent systems. E-commerce, finance, security, and reporting systems all affected.

Our Work: Integration architecture and strategy, platform decoupling and re-integration, security compliance framework (PCI-DSS), DevSecOps implementation, team capability building.

Outcome: Successful migration with zero downtime. Platform integrated. Team capable and confident.


Healthcare Technology Transformation

Virtual CTO Leadership

Challenge: Medical records platform on legacy PHP requiring complete rebuild. Small team, tight timeline, regulatory compliance mandatory.

Our Work: Technology strategy and architecture, Virtual CTO leadership, AWS cloud migration design, security architecture (FIDO2, ISO 27001), DevSecOps implementation, team augmentation.

Outcome: Modern, secure platform. Regulatory compliance achieved. Internal team now self-sufficient.

Why Organizations Choose Us

Speed to Impact

We're operational within days. Assessment complete within a week. Recovery plan in motion by week two.

Been There Before

We've led technology organizations through crises. We know the patterns, the pitfalls, and the solutions.

Technical + Strategic

We combine executive leadership with deep technical capability. We don't just direct - we can do.

Security-First

Every crisis has security implications. We architect solutions with security embedded, not bolted on.

Proven Results

GrabOne acquisition and integration. Healthcare platform transformation. Government digital delivery. We deliver under pressure.

No Dependencies Created

We build capability in your team. When we leave, you're stronger than when we arrived.

Every Crisis Situation is Unique

Every turnaround is different. Let's discuss your specific situation.